3. New Year
•New Year is an international holiday.It is the
time at which a new calendar year begins. New
year is one of the most beloved and cherished
holidays of the year. Both adults and children
like celebrating this day. People of all ages truly
believe that in New Year their goals and wishes
will come true.
4. Night of December 31st
•In most countries it traditionally falls on the
night of December 31st. Thus, January 1 st
marks the beginning of the new calendar year.
5. Plenty of festive traditions
•In every country New Year is celebrated in many different ways and
each family has their own traditions.However, every country in the
world celebrates this holiday with plenty of festive traditions.
People start preparing presents for their friends and relatives long
before the holiday. At midnight people fill glasses with champagne,
say the toast to welcome the coming year, wish each other success,
have tastefull dishes and enjoy the party.
6. Decorations
•People prepare handmade postcards for people
they love. They also decorate their houses, front
yards and Christmas trees with bright toys,
garlands and confetti.Other household
ornaments are evergreen wreaths on and over
the doors and colourful stockings hang by the
fireplace.
7. New Year vocabulary
Christmas Tree
Santa Claus baloons
fireworks midnight
party hats
champagne
confetti
rocket
mask
noise maker
presents
postcards
garlands
snowman
11. New Year Game
January 1st is also known as New Year's Day
Greece
A popular New Year custom
Old long ago Making New
Year Resolution
The Times Square Ball is
lowered at 11:59:00p.m. on New Year's Eve
Father Time The Old Year
People born on New Year's
Day are commonly called
New Year Babies
The practice of running into water
on New Year's Day
The tradition of using a baby to
signify the new year started in
Polar Bear plunges
12. HAPPY NEW YEAR WISHES
•I wish you a very sweet
and prosperous New Year.
May God pour his love
and blessings on you.
Enjoy!
•It is time to forget the
past and celebrate a new
13. HOW NEW YEAR IS CELEBRATED IN
•JOewTHishE RN eCwO YUeNarT. RThIEe SJe wish New Year (Rosh
Hashanah) is usually held in September
and based on the Jewish calendar. It is the
anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve.
People eat apples and honey to symbolize a
sweet new year. Their celebration begins at
sunset and ends at sunset the next day.
•Japan. In Japan bells are rung 108 times to
chase away 108 troubles. Traditionally on New
Year’s Eve house facades are decorated with
straw garlands in Japan. Those garlands chase
evil spirits away and symbolize luck and
14. HOW NEW YEAR IS CELEBRATED IN
OTHER COUTRIES
•Mexico. It is traditional in Mexico to eat 12
grapes, one on each stroke of the clock to bring
good luck for the New Year. Since each grape
symbolizes one of the months. Mexicans
examine taste of each grape carefully, as the
taste tells them what that month will be like
for them.
•China. Falls between January 20 and February
20, Chinese New Year is the most important
festivity in China. They use a different calendar
based on the moon’s lunar cycles. They hide all
the knives for the day so that no one cuts
15. HOW NEW YEAR IS CELEBRATED IN
OTHER COUNTRIES
•Iran. Known as Norwuz or “New Day” in the Persian language, it marks the
start of another year in Iranian calendar, usually falling on March 21. In Iran every
family breaks all clay dishes and buys new dishes.
•Ethiopia. Based on ancient Ethiopian calendar, the “Enqutatash” or New
Year falls on either September 11 or 12. It marks the end of summer where flowers
start to flourish all over the country.
•Denmark. Denmark has a well-cherished tradition to have a pile of broken
dishes at the front door. The Danish collect dishes for the whole year and then throw
them at their friends’ and neighbor’s doors. If a Dane finds a lot of broken plates at
his door on the new year morning he is happy as his life is good and he has a lot of
friends.
•France. The French like to make tons of noise on the New Year’s night.
This tradition is based on an old belief that noise will chase bad spirits away. The
French believe that the first person to enter the house on the first day of the
new year symbolizes what that year will be like for the owners of the house. The
midnight guest must be male in the first place, since he will bring fortune.
